Palliative Care, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

1st Edition, Volume 39-3 - June 30, 2023
Editor: Kimberly A Curseen
Language: English
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In this issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest editor Dr. Kimberly A. Curseen brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Palliative Care. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as palliative care in the ambulatory geriatric; end-stage heart failure; the intersection of palliative care and primary care; public health and palliative care; advanced care planning in the geriatric population; and more.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Forthcoming Issues
Preface
Geriatric Palliative Care: Providing Excellent Care to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Older Adults
Key points
Introduction
Nature of the problem
Clinical relevance
Protective factors
Advance care planning
Recommendations
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
End-Stage/Advanced Heart Failure: Geriatric Palliative Care Considerations
Key points
Introduction and scope of the problem
Considerations for palliative care
Device management in end-stage/advanced heart failure
Summary
Disclosure
Care Throughout the Journey–The Interaction Between Primary Care and Palliative Care
Key points
Introduction
Primary palliative care skills
When to refer to specialty palliative care services?
Palliative care management of patients with high-risk opiate use
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Public Health and Palliative Care
Key points
Palliative care as a public health priority
Hospice as public health prevention
Hospice and palliative care in the United States
Diagnosis-related disparities at end of life
Racial disparities at the end of life
Socioeconomic disparities at end of life
Non-hospice palliative care
Summary
Disclosure
Advance Care Planning in the Geriatrics Clinic
Key points
Background
Barriers to implementation
Strategies for successful implementation into routine clinical workflow
Important steps in ACP
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Caring for Veterans with Serious Illness
Key points
Introduction
Veteran culture
Veteran conditions
The Veterans Health Administration
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Psychedelics and Related Pharmacotherapies as Integrative Medicine for Older Adults in Palliative Care
Key points
Introduction
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Early Palliative Care for the Geriatric Patient with Cancer
Key points
Background
Care delivery considerations
Combined assessment approach
Opportunity for education
Pharmacologic considerations
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Symptom Management in the Older Adult: 2023 Update
Key points
Introduction
Pain
Fatigue
Neurologic and psychiatric symptoms
Respiratory symptoms
Gastrointestinal symptoms
Miscellaneous bothersome symptoms
Summary
Clinics care points
Acknowledgments
Disclosure
Global Geriatric Palliative Care
Key points
Introduction
Present state
A conversation with Dr Stoltenberg
Future directions
Summary
Clinics care points

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